The company's partnership with BlackRock, a behemoth that manages $7.4 trillion, may signal that crowdfunding platforms are ready for wider adoption.
regulators to open up more of their products to retail investors. They say that in an era when companies have delayed going public for years, small investors have been locked out of the best gains.
Still, with products as arcane as student-housing mortgages or loans to cargo vessels, one could question their suitability for retail investors. Users must be accredited investors, which the Securities and Exchange Commission defines as individuals who earn more than $200,000 a year or have a net worth over $1,000,000.
The idea for YieldStreet came from the market crash of 2008, said Mehere. He bemoaned the fact that he was overexposed to stocks and didn't have access to the same income-generating assets as wealthy investors, he said.
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